Video: Observing Guantánamo's hearings

6 August 2008

On 21 July 2008, the first trial to take place before a military commission convened under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 opened at the US Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.  Matthew Pollard, Amnesty International's legal advisor, was present to observe the proceedings.

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Following the conviction of Salim Hamdan at Guantánamo Bay, Matthew Pollard discussed the trial:

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